Pythagoras
[pyˈtaːɡoʁas]
The verdict
“Pythagoras” is uncommon German (frequency #50,812 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,812
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - männlicher Name, meist der griechische Philosoph Pythagoras von Samos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pythagoras |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [pyˈtaːɡoʁas] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pythagoras” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pythagoras is uncommon German at frequency #50,812 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [pyˈtaːɡoʁas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Name, meist der griechische Philosoph Pythagoras von Samos".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Pythagoras, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Pythagoras, spelled P-Y-T-H-A-G-O-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1männlicher Name, meist der griechische Philosoph Pythagoras von Samos
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Pythagoras”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-Y-T-H-A-G-O-R-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pyˈtaːɡoʁas] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.